Police have new information about the death of Matthew Perry after launching an investigation into his death.
A law enforcement source told PEOPLE on Tuesday that the investigation is “close to a conclusion” and that they believe “multiple people” should be charged in connection with the “Friends” actor’s death last October.
The source said the U.S. attorney’s office, which responded Tuesday without comment, will decide whether to file charges.
Perry was found dead at age 54 in the jacuzzi of his home in the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on October 28.
Initial reports indicated he drowned, but a toxicology report confirmed he died from the acute effects of ketamine. His death was ruled accidental.
Drowning, coronary heart disease and the effects of buprenorphine were listed as contributing factors.
In May, TMZ learned from law enforcement sources that they had launched an investigation into where Perry obtained the ketamine — and who provided him with the toxic drug.
Local police and the Drug Enforcement Administration are involved in the investigation, according to TMZ.
Los Angeles police initially opened an investigation into Perry’s death late last year, but it was closed in January.
According to Perry’s autopsy report, he had 3.54 micrograms per milliliter of ketamine, nearly three times the normal amount, in his blood at the time of his death.
Ketamine expert and author Dr. Philip Wolfson told the Post in December that Perry had way too much ketamine in his system.
“He really got screwed. He must have taken a large quantity. You don’t do that when you go swimming or in a pool,” Wolfson said.
Perry spoke openly about his decades-long battle with addiction in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.”
He revealed in the book that he received ketamine infusions while in a Swiss rehabilitation clinic during the pandemic.
“Ketamine was a very popular street drug in the 1980s. There is a synthetic form now, and it is used for two reasons: to relieve pain and to help with depression,” he said, adding: “Has my name written all over it – they might as well have called it ‘Matty’. “
Perry described the drug as a “giant exhale” and explained that he “dissociated” during his infusions and often felt like he was “dying.”
“’Oh,’ I thought, ‘This is what happens when you die,’” he said in his book. “Yet I would continually sign up for this shit because it was something different, and anything different is good.”
Perry’s autopsy revealed that he received his last ketamine treatment a week and a half before his death.
Perry played the iconic role of Chandler Bing for all 10 seasons of “Friends” from 1994 to 2004.
His five former co-stars – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt Le Blanc – paid tribute to him when he was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills in November.
Also present at the service were his father John Bennett Perry, mother Suzanne Perry and stepfather Keith Morrison, as well as his sisters and relatives.
Last month, Cox revealed on “CBS Sunday Morning” that the late star always “visited” and “guided” her.
“I think he’s probably one of the funniest human beings in the world. He’s so funny,” Cox, 59, said at the time. “He really has a big heart. He clearly had difficulties. »
“I am so grateful to have been able to work so closely with him for so many years. He visits me often, if we believe it,” she continued. “I feel – I feel like Matthew is here, for sure.”
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